Build a house on an old barn/farmyard

We build with solid wood walls. Google "wir leben Haus"

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Thanks already for the hints! I did sign up in the right forum after all. 50k euros seems like a lot to me for a demolition. There really isn’t any hazardous waste in there. What is expensive, though, is disposing of all the rubble and such, I have already disposed of a 300 sqm concrete floor, and it cost 10 euros per m3... so that’s quite steep. What’s also tricky is that you have to be careful not to damage the old barn building where the new one is supposed to be attached. I don’t imagine that’s easy because of the connected roof and so on.

What time frame do you think we’re talking about until everything is demolished and removed? As I said, 10x18 and 3 floors.

And how quickly is the new building going up again? Just roughly, I have no idea if that takes 2 months or a year. What do you think about a solid wood house for a project of this size? I like it in that regard because there’s simply no mess and the whole thing goes faster? (How fast?)

As I said, I’m not the type of person who wants a construction site in front of the door for years, my nerves can’t handle that, I’m a bit of a perfectionist and everything has to have its order.

Do you really think that 2 apartments won’t fit per floor? Because you said 6 seemed too many to you? It’s a ground floor and then 2 floors on top. If you have 180 sqm (external measurements), effectively after subtracting walls etc, that’s 120 sqm (?), so a total of 360 sqm. So 6 apartments with 60 sqm each. I calculated this without a stairwell, since I’m hoping for an outside staircase.

3 floors can probably accommodate 6 apartments. But can you manage that with only external stairs? I don’t know your building regulations.
So: About the timber frame construction.... An apartment building is an investment property. Right? I build an investment property so that it is as cheap as possible and yet looks attractive. So I give the tenants a proper front door, a nice mailbox, pretty tiles. But I don’t waste my money on wooden houses! Such buildings are made of sand-lime brick, or if the load capacity of the stone is sufficient, of aerated concrete. The latter is the cheapest method. Then I use consistent 1.10 m windows, because their interior dimensions are compatible with Ikea blinds and such. The tenants love that. Then I plan the kitchens so that the 1999,- euro standard units fit in. Etc. You should go to a planner who has done this kind of thing more often. Karsten

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Too bad, it really comes.

At least I would always submit the preliminary inquiry before demolition - so that you still have the alternative of "gutting" if retaining the exterior shell is legally the simpler way. Of course, this is ruled out if the substance is completely rotten.

The district office approves what the municipality nods through. This is how town centers die out here. We have held back on the building preliminary inquiry because it is not yet exactly clear where the house will be located. There is a residual risk that the slope will not hold. Otherwise, the house will be placed roughly on the site of the old stables. And the mayor has given his approval. The building substance only allows for demolition. Unfortunately. No one knows how old the structure is either. Hopefully they will find something during the demolition.

It is best if you discuss everything with a planner who can also immediately say what is possible.

With us, the demolition will amount to 40 to 60 thousand. It depends on the pollutant class. Demolition is not cheap.